Does anyone have a Schiit Yggy DAC?

@213Runnin, thanks for pointing that out.  Based on the photos at the website I would never have suspected that the "holes" don't go all the way through the panel.

Even so, however, I would not expect that 35 or 45 watts going into a component having the size and weight of the Yggy would cause it to be as hot as the OP described.  It would be a different story if it were say a 40 watt light bulb :-)

Regards,
-- Al

It’s like I said... I can explain in more clear terms:

the yggy will will be a a few degrees warmer than the ambient temperature of your room 

DAC shouldn’t get too warm it’s not amplifier,if
 Schiit DACs tend to this something must be technically wrong with their design.

Al, I’d readily admit that I’m out of my depth quickly with this stuff. I have no idea how warm 35 watts is supposed to get.

The Yggy does also have some expensive chips for the dac conversion, 4 Analog Devices AD5791, which probably get pretty warm.  I just checked, those chips seem to go for about $100 each, or am I missing something?

I do know that I’ve become a big fan of the ladder dac design, and the guys at Schiit really seem to know what they’re doing.

Schiit DACs tend to this something must be technically wrong with their design.

It’s unwise to make the broad statement above by taking an ’n’ of 1 and applying it to a successful product range that likely has the widest (or one of the widest) numbers of absolute users / units (standalone ’audiophile’ DACs) within the U.S.

The OP needs to measure the temps of his unit and report to Schiit for an exchange / replacement, if it falls outside of operating tolerances.